Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Flood situation grim in Thailad, 160 peo | Bangkok, Dec 20 (TIWN) The flood situation in Thailand remained grim on Friday, with nearly 160 people being evacuated, official sources said. | 20-Dec-2019 |
| Sino-Brazilian surveillance satellite la | Beijing, Dec 20 (TIWN) A new Sino-Brazilian surveillance satellite was launched on Friday into orbit from a centre in China, according to the countrys national space agency. | 20-Dec-2019 |
| New leader of Macao sworn in Xi's presen | Macao, Dec 20 (TIWN) Macaos new Chief Executive was sworn in on Friday after being chosen in August to lead Beijing's special administrative region in a ceremony officiated by Chinese President Xi Jinping. | 20-Dec-2019 |
| Khan govt, Army at loggerheads with judi | New Delhi, Dec 20 (TIWN) The fissures in the Pakistani establishment are deepening with the Imran Khan government lashing out in public at the judiciary on behalf of the military. | 20-Dec-2019 |
| 2 firefighters among 3 dead in Australia | Sydney, Dec 20 (TIWN) Australian authorities said on Friday that three people, including two volunteer firefighters, have died and about a dozen others were injured in incidents related to the blazing bushfires across the country, aggravated by a powerful heatwave. | 20-Dec-2019 |
| US honours Indian democracy for robust d | New York, Dec 19 (TIWN) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has noted that there was a "robust debate" within India over the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and that Washington honours Indian democracy. | 19-Dec-2019 |
| US House of Representatives votes on his | New York, Dec 19 (TIWN) The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has made the historic vote to impeach US President Donald Trump, only the third time it has taken the step in the nation's 243 years. | 18-Dec-2019 |
| US House passes Trump impeachment | Washington, Dec 19 (TIWN) The Democrat-led US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to approve the impeachment against US President Donald Trump, Xinhua reported. | 18-Dec-2019 |
| India, US sign defence tech transfer pac | New York, Dec 19 (TIWN) India and the US have signed an agreement to facilitate transfer of defence technology during a 2+2 meeting of the top foreign affairs and defence leaders on growing strategic relations between the world's largest and most powerful democracies. | 18-Dec-2019 |
| Special court verdict based on personal | Dubai, Dec 19 (TIWN) Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who has been sentenced to death by a special court in high treason case, has reacted to the verdict, saying that it was based on "personal vendetta" against him. | 18-Dec-2019 |
| 3.4 m Chinese to sit for 2020 postgradua | Beijing, Dec 18 (TIWN) More than 3.4 million Chinese have signed up for the 2020 national exam for postgraduate enrolment scheduled from December 21 to 23, the Chinese Ministry of Education has said. | 18-Dec-2019 |
| Musharraf death sentence: Khosa's legacy | Islamabad/New Delhi, Dec 18 (TIWN) Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa's own professional legacy and the old rivalry between judiciary and army in Pakistan may have been the reasons for the unexpected death sentence awarded to the military dictator Pervez Musharraf. | 18-Dec-2019 |
| NZ scales down search for people missing | Sydney, Dec 18 (TIWN) New Zealand police announced Wednesday it would scale down search operations for two missing people presumed dead, after the eruption last week of Whakaari volcano. | 18-Dec-2019 |
| Pak PM Khan cancels Malaysia trip, Mahat | Islamabad/New Delhi, Dec 17 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday cancelled his scheduled trip to Kaula Lumpur, Malayasia where he was to attend a summit of Muslim majority countries excluding Saudi Arabia and a few others. | 18-Dec-2019 |
| Democrats propose roadmap for Trump's Se | Washington, Dec 17 (TIWN) Democratic lawmakers in the US Congress have proposed a roadmap to a possible Senate trial of President Donald Trump which would include new testimony from former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. | 17-Dec-2019 |
| Musharraf sentenced to death in high tre | Islamabad, Dec 17 (TIWN) In a first in Pakistan's history, a three-member bench of a special court here on Tuesday sentenced former President Pervez Musharraf to death in the long-drawn high treason case against him. | 17-Dec-2019 |
| US is watching people of N. Korea closel | Washington, Dec 17 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump said Monday he would be disappointed if something is "in the works" in North Korea. | 16-Dec-2019 |
| CAB protest: US issues travel advisory f | AGARTALA, Dec 16 (TIWN): Assam and the Northeast are up in arms against the Citizenship Amendment Bill that has now become and Act with the assent of President Ram Nath Kovind late on Thursday night. | 17-Dec-2019 |
| Johnson to welcome new MPs to UK Parliam | London, Dec 17 (TIWN) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday address the new Conservative Party MPs as they arrive in Westminster to take their seats in Parliament. | 17-Dec-2019 |
| 20 hurt in Beirut anti-government protes | Beirut, Dec 17 (TIWN) At least 20 people have been injured after clashes erupted between protesters and security forces in the Lebanese capital for a second straight day since anti-government rallies began in the country two months ago. | 17-Dec-2019 |
| Senate leader outlines Democrats' framew | Washington, Dec 16 (TIWN) US Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer has outlined Democrats' framework of an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump expected to start next month, in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | 15-Dec-2019 |
| 1 killed in Philippines 6.8-magnitude qu | Manila, Dec 16 (TIWN) A six-year-old girl was killed when the house she was in collapsed during a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. | 16-Dec-2019 |
| 5 Taliban militants killed in Afghanista | Qalat (Afghanistan), Dec 16 (TIWN) Five militants were killed after the Afghan security forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan's Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces on Sunday, Afghan Army said in a statement. | 16-Dec-2019 |
| N.Korea conducts another test at satelli | Seoul, Dec 15 (TIWN) North Korea said on Saturday it has carried out "another crucial test" at its satellite launch site and the results will be used to strengthen its "reliable strategic nuclear deterrent". | 15-Dec-2019 |
| US sanctions 2 Lebanese businessmen supp | Washington, Dec 15 (TIWN) The US government has imposed sanctions against two Lebanese businessmen, accusing them of providing financial support for Hezbollah. | 15-Dec-2019 |
| Nearly 900,000 need humanitarian assista | Tripoli, Dec 15 (TIWN) Nearly 900,000 people in Libya would need humanitarian assistance in 2020, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). | 15-Dec-2019 |
| Irish, UK PMs pledge to restore collapse | Dublin, Dec 14 (TIWN) Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and his British counterpart Boris Johnson have pledged to restore the Northern Ireland (NI) Assembly which has remained collapsed for nearly three years. | 13-Dec-2019 |
| US SC to decide on release of Trump's ta | New York, Dec 14 (TIWN) The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear President Donald Trump's appeal of lower court orders, now on hold, that require relative banks and an accounting firm to turn over his financial records to the Democrat-led House of Representatives and prosecutors in New York. | 13-Dec-2019 |
| Jamia students' march turns violent, Med | New Delhi, Dec 13 (TIWN) A march by Left-wing students belonging to Jamia Millia Islamia university to Parliament turned violent on Friday | 13-Dec-2019 |
| 'Rape in India': No question of apology: | New Delhi, Dec 13 (TIWN) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday refused to apologise over his "rape in India" remark during an election rally in Jharkhand and hit out at the government saying this was "merely an excuse" for them to divert attention from the main issue. | 13-Dec-2019 |
| Shah's Shillong visit put off, train ser | Shillong/Agartala/Guwahati, Dec 13 (TIWN) Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled visit to Shillong on December 15 to attend a function in North-Eastern Police Academy (NEPA), has been postponed in view of the "law and order situation in the region" following agitation against the new citizenship law, officials said on Friday. | 13-Dec-2019 |
| NZ eruption: Search for final 2 bodies t | Wellington, Dec 13 (TIWN) A search operation to retrieve the last two bodies remaining on the Whakaari/White Island are expected to continue on Saturday, after six bodies were recovered from the volcano on Friday. | 13-Dec-2019 |
| Smriti lashes out at Rahul for 'Rape in | New Delhi, Dec 13 (TIWN) Union Minister Smriti Irani lashed out on Friday at Rahul Gandhi for his remark 'Rape in India' on Friday and called it deplorable that he should play politics on rape, and asked his mother Congress President Sonia Gandhi to advise and guide him. | 13-Dec-2019 |
| Imran Khan spews venom against India ove | Islamabad, Dec 12 (TIWN) Condemning the passing of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Indian Parliament, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been moving systematically with a "Hindu supremacist agenda". | 12-Dec-2019 |
| UK general election: Johnson first party | London, Dec 12 (TIWN) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday became the first leader of a major political party in Britain as he cast his ballot in one of the country's most crucial and decisive general election. | 12-Dec-2019 |
| Khaleda Zia's bail plea in corruption ca | Dhaka, Dec 12 (TIWN) A Bangladesh court on Thursday rejected former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's bail petition in a corruption case. | 12-Dec-2019 |
| US imposes new sanctions on Iranian airl | Washington/Tehran, Dec 12 (TIWN) The US has imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, including an airline and the country's shipping industry, the media reported. | 12-Dec-2019 |
| CAB: UN chief wants laws to be non-discr | United Nations, Dec 11 (TIWN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants laws to be non-discriminatory, but will not comment on India's Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) while the legislative process is still underway, according to his spokesperson. | 11-Dec-2019 |
| Airport in South Australia evacuated due | Canberra, Dec 11 (TIWN) The main terminal of Adelaide Airport in South Australia was evacuated on Wednesday due to security fault. | 11-Dec-2019 |
| 10 killed as Somali forces end hotel sie | Mogadishu, Dec 11 (TIWN) The death toll from Tuesday evening's attack on a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has risen to 10 while 11 others were injured, police confirmed on Wednesday. | 11-Dec-2019 |
| US returns 4 military bases to S.Korea | Seoul, Dec 11 (TIWN) The US on Wednesday returned to South Korea four of its military bases here, agreeing to launch consultation for the return of a garrison in central Seoul, South Korea's foreign ministry said. | 11-Dec-2019 |
| Trump warns Russia against election medd | Washington, Dec 11 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that Russia should not interfere in the US 2020 elections, the White House said, while Moscow has insisted that it never did so in the 2016 elections, despite the US intelligence services' conclusion to the contrary. | 11-Dec-2019 |
| CAB passed in LS: Federal US commission | WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (TIWN): Describing the Citizenship Amendment Bill as a "dangerous turn in the wrong direction", a federal US commission on international religious freedom has sought American sanctions against Home Minister Amit Shah and other principal Indian leadership if the bill with the "religious criterion" is passed by both houses of Parliament. | 10-Dec-2019 |
| Boris' spoof on 'Love Actually' scene se | London, Dec 10 (TIWN) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new pro-Brexit ad, a spoof on the 2003 hit movie 'Love Actually', set Twitter abuzz, with users posting memes and funny comments. | 10-Dec-2019 |
| Bangladesh HC makes 'Joy Bangla' mandato | Dhaka, Dec 10 (TIWN) The Bangladesh High Court on Tuesday directed that top level officials of the government must say "Joy Bangla" at the beginning and ending of all state programmes from December 16 onwards. | 10-Dec-2019 |
| Imran condemns passing of India's Citize | Islamabad, Dec 10 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday condemned the passing of India's controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, which seeks to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, saying that it "violates all norms of international human rights law". | 10-Dec-2019 |
| Hong Kong court lifts ban on face masks | Hong Kong, Dec 10 (TIWN) A Hong Kong court on Tuesday lifted a ban on face masks by refusing the governments request to suspend an earlier ruling that found it unconstitutional. | 10-Dec-2019 |
| 4 rockets hit military base near Baghdad | Baghdad, Dec 9 (TIWN) Four rockets struck a military base near the Baghdad airport, leaving six army personnel injured, Iraqi authorities said Monday. | 09-Dec-2019 |
| Malaysia launches vaccination campaign a | Kuala Lumpur, Dec 9 (TIWN) Malaysian health authorities on Monday launched a vaccination campaign in rural areas of the jungle-covered island of Borneo after detecting the first case of polio since the Southeast Asian country declared itself free of the viral disease in 2000. | 09-Dec-2019 |
| 5 killed in NZ volcano eruption | Wellington, Dec 9 (TIWN) At least five people were killed after the White Island or the Whakaari volcano in New Zealand erupted on Monday, police said, adding that the toll was likely to increase as a number of people were still unaccounted for. | 09-Dec-2019 |